The C Tcherepnin Minor Pentatonic Mode III uses six notes per octave. Because of this same reason it is a member of the so called Hexatonic -scales that have Six-note (or Six-tone).
On the piano keyboard, it is made up of no black keys: no and five white keys: C, E, F, A, and B. This combination makes this scale - as well as the C Petrushka chord, C Shostakovich, and C Tcherepnin Nine-Note Mode I - as great choices for composing or improvising Russian music.

If we take a look a the key signature of the C Tcherepnin Minor Pentatonic Mode III Scale we can find it has no flats and no sharps. Therefore, on sheet music you will find no accidentals on the score. The notes of this scale are: C, E, F, A, and B.

How to play the C Tcherepnin Minor Pentatonic Mode III scale?

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To play the C Tcherepnin Minor Pentatonic Mode III on your piano, start on the Root note.
Play C, the first note of the scale.

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Continue with rest of the notes
that shape the scale, play E, F, A, and B.

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Return to the home of the C Tcherepnin Minor Pentatonic Mode III scale.
Play again C -the tonic of the scale- to mark its ending.

How to play the scale in descending fashion?

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Begin on the last note.
Play the C, the last (and first) note of the scale.

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Go down.
Play B, A, F, and E.

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Reach the home again.
Establish tonality by playing the tonic of the C Tcherepnin Minor Pentatonic Mode III scale: C.

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Tip.
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